1990-078City of Southlake, Texas
RESOLUTION NO.90-78
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS,
DESIGNATING AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER AND APPROVING
A CONTRACT FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS WITH THE
FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM. PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 12.05 of the City's
Charter, the City Council is authorized to designate a newspaper
of general circulation in the City as the official newspaper of
the City, and shall cause to be published therein all ordinances,
notices and other matters which are required to be published by
the Charter, the ordinances of the City or the Constitution or
laws of the State of Texas; and,
WHEREAS, the City is currently in the practice of using the
Fort Worth Star -Telegram for its official publications; and,
WHEREAS, in order to avail itself of special rates offered by
the Fort Worth Star -Telegram, it is the intention of the City
Council to hereby officially declare the Fort Worth Star -Telegram
to be the "official newspaper" of the City and to renew the a
contract with the Newspaper for such services.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all of the •above premises are found to be true
and correct and are incorporated into the body of this resolution
as if copied in their entirety.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby designates the Fort
Worth Star -Telegram as its "official newspaper" and hereby
directs that all ordinances, notices and other matters which are
required to be published by the Charter, the ordinances of the
City or the Constitution or laws of the State of Texas, shall be
published in the Fort Worth Star -Telegram.
Section 3. That the City Council hereby approves a Contract for
Official Publications in the form attached hereby as Exhibit "A",
with such publisher. The City Manager is hereby authorized and
directed to execute and deliver such Contract to the Fort Worth
Star -Telegram on behalf of the City.
Section 4. That this Resolution shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage.
City of Southlake, Texas
Resolution 90-78
Page two
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of / ,/vo
Sandra L. LeGrand
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
City of Southlake, Texas
CITY OF SOUTHLAKE,.TEXAS
By: _
Iary ck ayor
City of Southlake, Texas
M E M O R A N D U M
November 16, 1990
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR FICKES AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: Sandra L. LeGrand, City Secretary
SUBJECT: Resolution 90-78, Legal Publication Contract
For the past couple of years, the City has been under
contract with the Fort Worth Star -Telegram for publication
of our legal notices. Having a contract has resulted with
remarkable savings to the City due to our volume of legal
notices.
I reviewed the rates under this contract and compared them
with the rate last year to find the differences:
The rate for recruitment ads has increased from $2.15
per agate line per day to $2.89 per agate line per day.
Recruitment and other display ads in the Classified
Section has increased under this new contract at a
rate of $2.89 per agate line per day, over last year
contract of $2.15 per agate line per day.
Those are the only increases over the rates we paid last
year.
As an example of our savings, the Sunday charge is 17G
per agate line per day, compared to the regular rate
without contract) of $2.38 per line per day.
A few of the reasons the City of Southlake has chosen to
contract with the Fort Worth Star Telegram as our legal
newspaper, over the Grapevine Sun or the Southlake Journal
are:
a) as a daily newspaper, we are able to meet the
time frame requirements set out in the City
Charter.
b) The Star Telegram meets the circulation
requirements outlined by State Statutes.
c) No charge for affidavits (we get one on each
notice).
d) Lower rates to the City.
If you have any questions, I will be happy to respond.